What This Tag Usually Means
- Frequent companion tags: Aura, Heal, Tokens, Hook
- Mixed role pool: sort by match phase value (early info, mid conversion, late closure) before committing slots.
Obsession Perks
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Obsession Tag Mini Guide
Obsession appears on 18 perks (6 Survivor · 12 Killer). This tag is state-dependent: timing around buffs/debuffs decides whether it overperforms.
Build Pattern To Run
- Lock one dependable trigger first, then add this tag for conversion instead of opening with four conditional perks.
- When two perks share the same trigger window, swap one for consistency to raise floor value.
- Decisive Strike: Using whatever is at hand, you stab your aggressor in an ultimate attempt to escape.
Roster Snapshot
- Frequent character sources: Laurie Strode, Shape, Artist, Ash Williams
- Sample perks: Blood Pact, Dark Devotion, Decisive Strike, Dying Light
- Rancor: Whenever a Generator is completed, Rancor triggers its primary effects: Causes all Survivors to scream and trigger a Loud Noise Notification at their current location.
18 PERKS6 Survivor • 12 Killer
Blood Pact
Survivor • Cheryl Mason
When you or the Obsession are injured, you both see each other’s auras, and healing each other grants a shared haste bonus while you stay close together; the perk is disabled if you are the Obsession.
Decisive Strike
Survivor • Laurie Strode
After being unhooked, grants a short window to stun the Killer with a Skill Check when picked up and escape, making you the Obsession until the effect ends after use or when the endgame begins.
For the People
Survivor • Zarina Kassir
While healthy and healing another Survivor without a Med-Kit, instantly heal them by trading your health state, applying Broken to yourself and often making you the Obsession.
Mettle of Man
Survivor • Ash Williams
After taking three Protection Hits, the next hit in injured state is negated; once healed, your aura is revealed to the Killer at range, and the perk ends after you are downed.
Object of Obsession
Survivor • Laurie Strode
When the Killer reads your aura, you see theirs and gain small action speed bonuses; if you are the Obsession, your aura periodically reveals to the Killer.
Sole Survivor
Survivor • Laurie Strode
Gains growing immunity to the Killer's aura reads as teammates die, and when last alive your repair and gate/hatch opening speeds increase.
Dark Devotion
Killer • Plague
When the Obsession is injured, transfers the Terror Radius to them and grants Undetectable for a short time.
Dying Light
Killer • Shape
Hooking non-Obsession Survivors grants tokens that apply an action speed penalty to other Survivors while the Obsession remains alive. The Obsession is unaffected and instead gains faster unhooking and healing of others.
Friends 'til the End
Killer • Good Guy
Hooking a Survivor who is not the Obsession reveals the Obsession’s aura and applies Exposed to them. Hooking the Obsession causes a random Survivor to scream and become the new Obsession.
Furtive Chase
Killer • Ghost Face
After hooking the Obsession, gains Undetectable and a Haste bonus for a short time. The Obsession transfers to the rescuer when they are unhooked by another Survivor.
Game Afoot
Killer • Skull Merchant
Hitting the Survivor with the highest cumulative chase time with a basic attack transfers the Obsession to them. While chasing the Obsession, breaking or damaging objects grants a brief Haste bonus.
Grim Embrace
Killer • Artist
After each Survivor is hooked for the first time, gains a token and later blocks all Generators once you move far enough from the Hook. Once fully charged, also reveals the Obsession's aura.
Hex: Wretched Fate
Killer • Dark Lord
After a Generator is completed, lights a Dull Totem to curse the Obsession, reducing their repair speed. The Hex Totem's aura is revealed to the Obsession from nearby.
Nemesis
Killer • Oni
When a non-Obsession Survivor blinds or stuns the Killer, makes them the new Obsession. When the Obsession changes, applies Oblivious and briefly reveals that Survivor's aura.
Play with Your Food
Killer • Shape
Gains Tokens when losing the Obsession in a chase and loses Tokens after attacks that can damage a Survivor. While it has Tokens, grants stackable Haste and has a short cooldown between gaining Tokens.
Rancor
Killer • Spirit
When a generator is completed, makes all Survivors scream with a Loud Noise Notification and reveals the Killer's aura to the Obsession. Once the Exit Gates are powered, the Obsession becomes Exposed and can be killed in close proximity.
Remember Me
Killer • Nightmare
When the Obsession loses a health state, gains Tokens that increase the time required to open Exit Gates. The Obsession is unaffected by this penalty.
Save the Best for Last
Killer • Shape
Damaging non-Obsession Survivors with basic attacks builds Tokens, while damaging the Obsession consumes Tokens. Tokens reduce the cooldown on successful basic attacks until the Obsession is sacrificed or killed.